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VLC Media Player (sometimes referred to as VLC, VideoLAN Media Player) was added by Mogelfar in
Feb 2009 and the latest update was made in
Aug 2019. The list of alternatives was updated Aug 2019.
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MPC-HC has a clean interface, support for remote control and plays anything your system has a codec installed for (and so you can expand it to support more formats by adding codecs). Great with K-Lite Codec Pack and others. Inspired by the classic version of Windows Media Player to provide a familiar interface. Open source.
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It is a lightweight Windows based video player I have ended up using it a lot more than I expected because of its ease of usestrangefreeworld • Aug 2017
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It's FOSS, just like VLC, but has much more cleaner and logical GUI, it's very light on resources and works great with LAV Filters and FFDshow (if one wants to have some extra configurable postprocessing options).Atoshi • Dec 2016
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Potplayer is a minimalist media player that has an extensive range of configurable options to choose from and lots of functionality. The application supports Blu-ray...

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PotPlayer has more and better features and functionality in addition to a decent user interface unlike VLC, the problem is if you want to change anything in the settings you are going to be lost as an average user because they are too complicated. But if you are experienced go for it, you won't find a better media player around.
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Looks better! more customizable, easier to use and support add two subtitle files at the same time (useful for the people who learn other language while watching)
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This is the best video player available on Windows, but unfortunately, there's no Linux client yet.
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Plays about every format, very good compatibility with modern intel integrated chips, although not as much playback quality as VLC by a small margin, it has a lot more settings and better UI by a country mile. Best alternative to the now discontinued MPC.
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MPV is an audio and movie player based on MPlayer and mplayer2. It supports a wide variety of...

Development is active and can be found on many of the same platforms as VLC.
Guest • Apr 2019
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MPV is the only capable media player that run also on all known operating systems, just like VLC.hathas • Aug 2018
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There was a time when VLC was justifiably considered the best open-source cross-platform movie player. MPV has closed the gap substantially and is likely to work out-of-the-box in a minority of cases where VLC gets stuck. Excellent software. Open souce (trustworthy) and free, of course.JohnFastman • Dec 2016
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I had some rare cases were VLC and MPlayer couldn't play a video correctly. MPV did it for me on Linux and Windows. Also like the GUI (or the lack of it) a lot more. vektorweg • Dec 2016
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Much faster searching within videos. Files are removable from disk, directly in the playlist (has to be activated in the options).
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After i tried VLC and MPC I looked for another alternatives. I think SMPlayer is best suited for me. You can customize theme, also very light, and you can resume videos that have been played before.
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Best alternative for Vlc and GUI for MPVyugalsaluja • Jul 2017Disagree Agree

On Linux systems is much better than VLC, faster, with no bugs and read every kind of video file.
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Kody is more oriented to being a fullscreen video/music cataloguing application, but it has an internal video/audio/iptv playing system with very good decoding capabilities like VLC and can be windowed as well
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Media Player Classic was designed to look just like Windows Media Player 6.4, but with many additional new features. It has a built...

Discontinued The project is no longer developed. The currently active fork is https://alternativeto.net/software/mpc-hc/ . Latest version, 6.4.9.1, released in April 2011, can be still downloaded from FreeCodec.com

Its effects are easier to use and it has an extensive Preferences selection; BE AWARE, they have a separate music player. I have both. the Reverb is solid. you can avoid the crapware by doing the first download from Ninite and just updating or do a custom install. To my knowledge GOM does not recored. clydelyman • Mar 2017
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VLC Player looks like it belongs on a Windows 95 computer. GOM Player has a much more professional interface with lots of options.
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